Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a man with “a huge charisma”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has maintained that dynastic politics stands no chance to succeed against the Prime Minister as he represents merit “which is a buzzword in today’s world and politics”.
Describing rise of the top BJP leader as “stunning and incredible”, Jailtey said in an article that the struggle being witnessed in Indian politics today was between merit and dynastic politics.
“He is a fast learner. He learns something new daily. His biggest strength in politics is that he is an excellent communicator and orator. All this has created a huge charisma around his personality,” said Jaitley, the top party strategist and a close associate of Modi.
In an article on the Prime Minister in a special issue of Marathi Daily Tarun Bharat, an RSS mouthpiece, the finance minister maintained that Modi is being targeted by dynastic forces because of his success.
“And it is clear that the politics of dynasty stands no chance because Modi represents merit which is the buzzword in today’s world and politics,” said Jaitley .
Focusing on the leadership of Modi and titled ‘Mahanayak’, the issue of Marathi daily will be out on Tuesday.
Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Suresh Prabhu, Manohar Parrikar, Smriti Irani, Narendra Singh Tomar, Harsh Vardhan and Prakash Javadekar have also contributed to the special issue.
In an oblique reference to the struggle that Modi has undergone in last few years, Jaitley said that the Prime Minister has learnt a lot during that time.
Another characteristic of the Prime Minister is his “single mindedness”, Jaitley says, adding that once something has been decided, Modi pursues it with vigour to ensure an early outcome. Modi gives importance to accountability, he said.
Besides lauding the “focus” of Prime Minister , the Finance Minister also pointed out to his direct communication with the people.
“Traditionally, leaders use media to reach out to people, however, Modi doesn’t do like it. He reaches out to the people directly,” he said.
That is why, perhaps, whenever media starts “misinformation campaign” against him, he easily counters it by reaching directly to the people, Jaitley said. He never finds it difficult to handle criticism by media. “In Gujarat, the media had launched a campaign against Modi for 10 long years. But Modi reached out to people very effectively and was successful,” he says.
“The Prime Minister’s success story is really incredible and stunning. His success has resulted dynastic forces declaring a war against him, but they stand no chance before the merit of Modi,” said Jaitley.